Word: wits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...black and white; if ivory tablets were provided for the composition of mots in pencil, would the written small-talk charm? Would it scintillate and glitter? No, thought the editors of the Harvard Crimson (undergraduate daily). To test the well-known fact that a woman's wit is quenched by the sight of a sheet of paper like a candle by a wet snuffer, they last week invited the girls of Radcliffe College to contribute to their humorous column, The Crime...
...growing popularity of wit for wits sake both in literature and in the drawing-room has led the editors of the Bookman to suggest that contemporary society in living in another age of Pope. The ascendancy of the light, smart novel as exemplified by Arlen, van Vechten, Huxley and their school, the Restoration atmosphere of the stage, the cynicism of the columnists--all point, they think, to "the hollowness of the times, a Godlessly clever...
...first act provoking interest by its lack of dramatic climax. The second and third acts hold the attention remarkably. The suave scheming deacon, a lovable hypocrite and generous to a fault, is pivot; and Mr. Berton Churchill acts his sanctimonious role to perfection, while with nimble wit and deft fingers he wins himself, the girl, the hobo, and the proprietress out of dangerous holes. Then there are the villains, well drawn, better acted, and best cast, and the local characters highly indigenous and the comic prize fighter, "Bull" Moran, et altera. Young Jerry Devine, as the hero and heroine idolater...
...Sargent," said the King to the painter at a Royal Academy banquet, "I want you to do a portrait of Ribblesdale. Wonderful name, wonderful family-600 years on one property up in Yorkshire, wit, great sportsman, two fine sons, great breed...
HALF-TOLD TALES-Henry van Dyke-Scribners ($1.50). If any man must moralize, let him be full of years and honor, and of a wit quick to sharpen points grown dull through lack of dispute. Dr. van Dyke surely qualifies under all three headings. He abjures Envy...